title: Solitary brain metastasis as first manifestation of small-cell parotid gland carcinoma with high sensitivity to temozolomide therapy on basis of tumor O6-methylguanine-DNA-methyltransferase expression.
authors.affiliation: Istituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Saverio de Bellis, 70013 via Turi, 27 Castellana Grotte (Bari), Italy. ivanlolli1@tin.it
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lolli
authors.forename: Isabella
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Morra
authors.forename: Antonella
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cimmino
authors.forename: Elisa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Trevisan
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rudà
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Piombino
authors.forename: Giovanna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Campanella
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gillio Tos
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Marco
authors.forename: Morena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trevisan
authors.forename: Valentina
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Fiano
authors.forename: Riccardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Soffietti
mesh_terms: D018906:Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D003606:Dacarbazine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology; D019853:O(6)-Methylguanine-DNA Methyltransferase / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology*; D000077204:Temozolomide
chemical_list: D018906:Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating; D003606:Dacarbazine; D019853:O(6)-Methylguanine-DNA Methyltransferase; D000077204:Temozolomide